NBA Coach of the Year: Steve Kerr

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Congrats to Kerr. Would've gave it to Stotts but I'm not mad or upset at their choice.

Stotts, Stevens and Clifford were my top 3 choices.

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Not sure why there's any controversy on this one. Whether he was there in the beginning or not, the team set the record for the most wins ever in the regular season. Let's not act like just because he wasn't on the sidelines that he wasn't still involved.

It's not controversy man come on. Nobody is in here Lebroning, I mean booing Steve Kerr

We all know the warriors won 73 games.

Doesn't mean people don't see cases for other coaches, especially since they were present when Kerr wasn't.

[cima]

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It's not controversy man come on. Nobody is in here Lebroning, I mean booing Steve Kerr

We all know the warriors won 73 games.

Doesn't mean people don't see cases for other coaches, especially since they were present when Kerr wasn't.

No, just no.

Every other candidate mentioned by everyone on here other than Pop didn't even win 50 games.

Actually being on the bench Kerr went something like 34-5. And you guys wanna give it to coaches who won 44-48 games all year?

[areobee401]

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No, just no.

Every other candidate mentioned by everyone on here other than Pop didn't even win 50 games.

Actually being on the bench Kerr went something like 34-5. And you guys wanna give it to coaches who won 44-48 games all year?

Some view COTY as an award that should be rewarded to a coach who gets the most out of a lesser talented roster. Neither side is right or wrong.

[cima]

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Some view COTY as an award that should be rewarded to a coach who gets the most out of a lesser talented roster. Neither side is right or wrong.

Sure; but not in the same year when a team breaks a record that many thought was unbreakable. And I'm not fond of the Warriors at all being a Bron fan, but you have to give credit where it's due.

[redsox4evur]

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No, just no.

Every other candidate mentioned by everyone on here other than Pop didn't even win 50 games.

Actually being on the bench Kerr went something like 34-5. And you guys wanna give it to coaches who won 44-48 games all year?

You give Kerr a team like the Celtics where do they finish? You could put most coaches on the Warriors and they would still win 65+ games and get to the WCF at worst. I understand why Kerr won and have stated I have no problem with it. But to say you can't make a case for Stotts, Stevens, Pop and Clifford for winning the award is laughable.

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No, just no.

Every other candidate mentioned by everyone on here other than Pop didn't even win 50 games.

Actually being on the bench Kerr went something like 34-5. And you guys wanna give it to coaches who won 44-48 games all year?

Dunno... I said Pop. The best spurs season they've ever had in their team history. Dude got way less 1st place votes than he should have but

David Blatt would've gotten some of those too if LeBron didn't get him fired.

I mean I get it, Tyron Lue coached the all star game without doing anything

[cima]

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You give Kerr a team like the Celtics where do they finish? You could put most coaches on the Warriors and they would still win 65+ games and get to the WCF at worst. I understand why Kerr won and have stated I have no problem with it. But to say you can't make a case for Stotts, Stevens, Pop and Clifford for winning the award is laughable.

First off I excluded Pop because he won 67 games, he's second most deserving.

But if you look at history, since 1990 only 3 coaches have won COY winning less than 50 games:

- 2006-2007: Sam Mitchell, Toronto 47-35

Which was admirable considering it was Chris Bosh and scrubs, but I remember most people saying Avery Johnson (DAL) deserved it for winning 67 games.

- 1999-2000: Doc Rivers, Orlando 41-41

This one makes absolutely zero sense. The team is filled with role players yes, but they didn't even make the playoffs. They finished 9th in the east. Not sure how he won when there were 16 teams with better records. I think he won cause he was a rookie coach.

- 1994-1995: Del Harris, Lakers 48-34
Too long ago for me to analyze.

So when you have the record-setting team and then Pop getting a franchise record 67 wins, there's no case to be made for anyone else.

Side note, it's ridiculous that Pop has only won 3 COY awards.

[Sportsbuck]

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I have no problem with Kerr getting COTY after coaching the best team of all-time (Although one could argue this award should be shared with Luke Walton). Wouldn't have a problem with Pop winning it either after the season the Spurs had.

That being said, what Stotts, Clifford, Stevens, and others did with the talent they had is pretty damn remarkable, and definitely worthy of being in the discussion. Don't think there's a bad choice in that bunch. Coach of the Year is such a subjective award when it comes down to criteria and how people look at it, much like MVP.

The only thing surprising to me is how lopsided the voting turned out.

[redsox4evur]

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First off I excluded Pop because he won 67 games, he's second most deserving.

But if you look at history, since 1990 only 3 coaches have won COY winning less than 50 games:

- 2006-2007: Sam Mitchell, Toronto 47-35

Which was admirable considering it was Chris Bosh and scrubs, but I remember most people saying Avery Johnson (DAL) deserved it for winning 67 games.

- 1999-2000: Doc Rivers, Orlando 41-41

This one makes absolutely zero sense. The team is filled with role players yes, but they didn't even make the playoffs. They finished 9th in the east. Not sure how he won when there were 16 teams with better records. I think he won cause he was a rookie coach.

- 1994-1995: Del Harris, Lakers 48-34
Too long ago for me to analyze.

So when you have the record-setting team and then Pop getting a franchise record 67 wins, there's no case to be made for anyone else.

Side note, it's ridiculous that Pop has only won 3 COY awards.

How did you expect the Blazers and Hornets to do this year at the beginning of the year? Make the playoffs or not? And the Blazers in the top 5 as well. Because after OJ bumped the season prediction thread I saw I think one person say the Blazers would make the playoffs (and it was Maj but then said after questioned about it that he forgot that they lost LA). And I don't remember anyone picking the Hornets to make the playoffs.

[Sportsbuck]

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So when you have the record-setting team and then Pop getting a franchise record 67 wins, there's no case to be made for anyone else.

That's based upon your criteria and how you look at it. Some view the award as the coach that does the best with what he's got to work with, and you could make an argument for a handful of coaches this year.

[Justin7]

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Could make a case for Joeger in Memphis, haven't seen any mention of him. No Conley or gasol and had Idk how many different lineups and players he used and stayed afloat instead of just falling off. COY for me would have gone Stotts, Kerr, Stevens, Joeger, Clifford, . Could flip the Stevens, Joeger, Clifford order anyway you want.

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[dubcity]

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You give Kerr a team like the Celtics where do they finish? You could put most coaches on the Warriors and they would still win 65+ games and get to the WCF at worst.

Well Mark Jackson couldn't do it, to be fair.

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Well Mark Jackson couldn't do it, to be fair.

To be fair kerr took over marks work not from scratch

They had other conflicts including currys ankles

[cima]

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I get that it's subjective to an extent (which is why Stotts finished 2nd) but I can't take any argument to NOT give it to Kerr seriously.

I mean you do realize that there's about 1000x more to coaching than just sitting on the bench and managing in-game adjustments for 48 minutes/game, right? Kerr still watched film, Kerr still talked to players, Kerr still guided Walton throughout this whole process, Kerr still schemed. Kerr also was robbed of the award last year, he should be a 2x COY now. This guy in a sense revolutionized small ball. He did what Mike D'Antoni couldn't do. It was bold as **** to bench Iggy for Barnes and keep Draymond in the lineup due to Lee's injury. But it worked and they went from playoff contenders to NBA champions and then actually got BETTER the next year. How often have we seen the defending NBA champions win more games the season following a championship? Not only winning more games but setting the record for most wins ever in a regular season. It was well deserved, could be shared with Walton if anything but he was the obvious choice, no question.